Taxal Lodge School For Boys

A Memory of Taxal.

I was at Taxal Lodge between 1974 to 1977, at that time Mr David Hughes was the head master,and lived in a flat inside the main building. Mr David Dusgate was the deputy head. I loved being at Taxal, it instilled in me a love of the countryside. I got on with all the staff who worked there, Mr Jim Vernon who was the caretaker at that time was someone who was good to get on with, he always had time to talk and help if you needed it, Philis his wife worked in the kitchens, they lived on site in a cottage at the back of the buildings near the wood workshop. We had runs around Taxal Moor, as well as cycle rides. The teachers at that time were Barry Linsley, John Lomas, Mr Booth, Mr Lomax, Mr Gregory. I would love to have that time over again, and I too am saddend to see that the building was turned into flats, I would have liked to see it become a youth hostel or something like that, it was a world within a world. I would like to know if any of the staff that worked there are still alive and well. Mrs Hatten who was the cook fed us well and Mrs Dale who worked in the surgery was a gem, and so was Mrs Goddard. RIP Taxal, you will never be forgotten.

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